Anon Mv II 18VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 713-14.
kennings
Hjálp og miskunn manna‘The help and mercy of men ’
= Mary
The help and mercy of men → Mary
notes
[1] hjálp og miskunn manna ‘the help and mercy of men [= Mary]’: For terms of this type, see Schottmann (1973, 66-7).
hjálp ‘The help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
kennings
Hjálp og miskunn manna‘The help and mercy of men ’
= Mary
The help and mercy of men → Mary
notes
[1] hjálp og miskunn manna ‘the help and mercy of men [= Mary]’: For terms of this type, see Schottmann (1973, 66-7).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
Hjálp og miskunn manna‘The help and mercy of men ’
= Mary
The help and mercy of men → Mary
notes
[1] hjálp og miskunn manna ‘the help and mercy of men [= Mary]’: For terms of this type, see Schottmann (1973, 66-7).
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
kennings
Hjálp og miskunn manna‘The help and mercy of men ’
= Mary
The help and mercy of men → Mary
notes
[1] hjálp og miskunn manna ‘the help and mercy of men [= Mary]’: For terms of this type, see Schottmann (1973, 66-7).
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
eigi ‘no’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
hrings ‘of the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
gátt hrings‘the door-frame of the ring ’
= WOMAN
the door-frame of the ring → WOMAN
gátt ‘the door-frame’
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gátt (noun f.): door, gate
kennings
gátt hrings‘the door-frame of the ring ’
= WOMAN
the door-frame of the ring → WOMAN
leingr ‘longer’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
fyrir ‘because of’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
lífs ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < 1. lífsangr (noun m.)
angr ‘-woe’
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1. angr (noun m.; °angrs, dat. angri/angr): grief < 1. lífsangr (noun m.)
[3] ‑angr: angri 721
láta ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
sinn ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
grát ‘weeping’
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grátr (noun m.): weeping, crying
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
limu ‘the limbs’
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limr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i/-; -ir acc. limu/limi): [limb]
líkams ‘of the body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
litr ‘colour’
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1. litr (noun m.; °-ar dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. litu/hlyti(Eluc675(1989) 91¹)): colour, appearance
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
notes
[6] kom (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘came’: The verb is in the sg. and the subject in the pl. (see NS §70).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fagrt ‘sweet’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
vit ‘consciousness’
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1. vit (noun n.; °-s; -): wisdom, wit; visit
sendiz ‘was sent’
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senda (verb): send
aftr ‘back’
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aptr (adv.; °compar. -ar): back
sæl ‘the blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
önd ‘spirit’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
sveini ‘to the boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
mey ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
hrein ‘the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
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